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 16 FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 24, 25. 1890. March 1, 1890. CHAP. 24.-An act to provide for the sale of the site of Fort Bliss, Texas, the """t" sale or removal of the improvements thereof, and for a new site and the construction of suitable buildings thereon. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the P£;""T§}”· “°“' D United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ’ of War is hereby authorized to sell the military reservation known Military reservation as Fort Bliss, near the city of El Paso, in the State of Texas, and my °° "°"‘°'°‘l such of the buildings and improvements thereon as can not be ecosue or smem. nomically removed to the new site herein provided for. In disposing of said property the Secretary of War shall cause the grounds 1>1ma¤g,m. to be platted in blocks, streets, and alleys, if in his judgment it would inure to the benefit of the Government in making sale of said site, having due reference to the requirements of the houses and buildings located on said grounds, in such cases as they may be sold with the ground. The Secretary of War shall also cause the lots, nppmsmwc. lands, and buildings to be appraised and sold at public or private sale, at not less than the appraised value, having iirst been offered Expenses me pm. at public sale. The expense of advertising, appraisement, survey, °°""“°’ ”"°· and sale shall be paid out of the proceeds of said sale, and the bal- _ ance paid into the Treasury of the United States. _Sc1ec¤<>¤ or new Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is authorized to select and sm" acquire title to suitable grounds of not less than one thousand acres in extent, to be situate within a distance of ten miles of the limits of said city of ulll1ldPaso, in the Staltte of Texashipid coigstruct tlhereon the New mmm; necessaryin, wit a pu enances, s cient orami itary ost, y,m,_ to be known as ilsort Blissl; in accordance with estimates to bepprepared by the War De artment; and a sufficient sum of money, not A,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,_ exceeding one hundred and hfty thousand dollars, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of War to comply with the provisions mm. of this act: Provided, That the title to the ands authorized to be '““°· acquired under the secondsection of this act shall be approved by i the Attorney-General, and that said title shall be obtained without ex nse to the Government. I New sw w be sc S20. 3. That section one of this act shall be of effect when the §Q'§'§§_°°’°" “'°° °f acquirement of anew site provided for in section two shall have been effected. Approved, March 1, 1890. Much 4,;gw_ CHAP. 25.-A.n act to increase the pensions of certain soldiers and sailors who -————·—— are totally helpless from injuries received or diseases contracted while in the service of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou..se of Representattves gif the P¤¤¤*<>¤¤ United States of America in Congress assemble, That all-sol iers, whgélggmwxcur sailors, and marines_ who have since the sixteenth day of June, eightp ’een hundred and eighty, or who may hereafter become so totally and permanently helpless from injuries received or disease contracted in the service and line of duty as to re uire the regular personal aid and attendance of another person, or wclio, if otherwise entitled, were V°¥¤·P·28¤· excluded from the provisions of "An act to increase pensions of certain pensioned sol iers and sailors who are utterly helpless from injuries received or disease contracted while in the United States service," approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, shall be entitled to receive a pension at the rate of seventy-two dollars per month from the date of the passage of this act or of the certiiicate of the examinin surgeon or board of surgeons showing such degree of disability made subsequent to the passage of this act. Approved, March 4, 1890.